Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  On April - 15 death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony  

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on April - 15.  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on April - 15.  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.  

1719  On this day in history johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on April - 15.  

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.  

1765  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  On this day in history death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.  

1824  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on April - 15.  

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on April - 15.  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  On this day in history death of edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)  

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1452  On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.